. hello, again, top of the hour. already a warm and humid day and week's start. and last night's weather left a lot of debris on your drive. sharon will have more on that in a moment. first meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass in the first warning weather senter. >> good morning, everyone. first warning -- weather center. >> good morning, everyone. first warning doppler radar. storms moving through the area, and a humid day yesterday and thunderstorms broke out in many parts of the area, baltimore county, to carroll county, now a front that moved through that brought us those storms, the same showers lingering. cambridge down salisbury. ocean city now starting to see some light showers after seeing storms earlier this morning. but, again, that is moving on through.

we stand a chance of seeing more of those showers. here is your forecast for this day. temperatures starting off just around 70 degrees en route for a daytime high of 88 with overnight lows back down to 70 and a chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. the complete updated first warning forecast coming up in just a moment. a lot going nontraffic this morning too. sharon with wjz -- going on in traffic this morning. sharon with wjz traffic control. >> first we want to update you with that serious accident in notingham. white marsh is shut down between honeygo and the beltway. watch out for that, the inner loop of the beltway is the alternate. 70 eastbound at 32. debris still there at kranbrook at york road. you are also looking at a downed tree in reisterstown. nicodemus. another downed tree cloned between frederick. and reisterstown. traffic lights also out in sykesville, route 26 at oakland mills and stevenson. downed wires on park heights avenue blocking all lanes

between green spring valley and walnut road. a live look at 95 at white marsh. looking good. no delays at harford or the west side at 70. this traffic report brought to you by toyota where you can choose from one of america's best selections of cars, trucks and suvs with 16 different choices. toyota, click on buyittoyota.com. toyota, moving forward . back over to you, don. more of what we are looking at from last night's storm system. a closer look at the damage caused by the weather system that moved through the area. a viewer in waldorf e-mailed in that digital photo. it appears to be a funnel cloud but the weather service did not confirm if any tornadoes touched down in our area. mary bubala and eyewitness news live in northern baltimore county. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, don, everybody. the national weather service says this is the epi center of storm in reisterstown. i will move out of wait and show you some of the damage from day-- out of the way and show you some of the damage from the day.

a tree on a car and a window smashed out. along church road, some sort of debris or tree down and definitely power lines as well. >> it's just crazy. how did all this destruction come from one little storm? >> reporter: that is the question on the minds of residents all across this state. a powerful storm system blew into the area dumping blinding amounts of rain in some areas and causing unbelievable damage in others. >> the weather, so many snapped, downed trees. >> we all front that basement, stayed there for about a minute or two and realized it had passed by. >> the storm packed more than rain and high winds. in some areas hail was also reported. a i cross carroll and baltimore county, decades old trees were brought down in minutes taking down power lines leaving some to question if more than just rain touched down. >> within the darkness, i saw from the corner of my eye a really -- a dark, swirling mass. like that funnel cloud. and she was like, maybe we should get away from the door.

>> and even though there is a lot of intense damage in this very neighborhood, no one was injured. power has been knocked out. when we first rolled up about 5 a.m., it was obviously pitch black. now that the light of day is going to help people be able to clean up a little bit but they still want bge to get out here and repair those downed power lines. don, back to you. >> thank you, mary. right now more than 15,000 people across the state are without electricity. the greatest number of out ages in baltimore county where over 10,000 still do not have electricity. at the height of the storm more than 40,000 bge customers lost power. stay with wjz eyewitness news, when severe threatening wjz is is always on for your own live look at doppler weather radar and the list of forecasts along a list of outages in the area go to wjz.com. a 2-year-old girl is among the dozen people recovering this morning from a shooting in east path. it happened along the 2600 block of ashland avenue where police say shots were fired during a party and hit 12

different people including a little girl. she was shot in the arm. a pregnant woman was wounded in the leg. everyone is expected to recover. police have not said if any -- if they have any suspects at this time. a baltimore county -- eastern baltimore county apartment complex is once again cleaning up for -- after a serious carbon monoxide leak. three people at the cove village apartment complex in essex got sick over the weekend and had to be hospitalized. investigators believe a malfunctioning gas stove may to be blame. over the last month, a number carbon monoxide leaks have been reported that the very same conference. it is official now, sarah palin has stepped down as governor of alaska. as hari sreenivasan reports for wjz, some have wondering what is next for the former vice presidential candidate. >> reporter: sarah palin is moving on. >> i will be able to fight even harder for you for what is right and for truth. >> reporter: first-term governor left office 16 months early. she felt the lawsuits and

ethics probes against her was a distraction to the office and she wanted to focus on her family. >> i feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical politics as usual lame-duck session in one's last year in office. >> reporter: politics was anything but usual with palin. her popularity soared when she became john mccain's running mate. after missteps she became fodder for light-night comedy shows. >> our new governor has a very nice family too, so leave his kids alone. >> reporter: her departure may open up a run for the presidency in 2012, but with her approval rating hovering at 40%, fellow republicans are confused with her choice to leave the governorship. >> reporter: palin plans to write a book, campaign for other candidates and pay off her large legal bills. democrats are staying quiet to

see what she does next. >> she is entering private life now and we wish her well and up to her to decide what role to play in the future. she has plenty of advice i am sure. she doesn't need mine. >> reporter: conservatives are sure she will be back. >> i sean parnell. >> reporter: sean parnell is now the 12th governor of the state of alaska. hari sreenivasan, wjz eyewitness news. >> now the president and secretary of state will meet with top chinese officials late they are morning in washington. the first of two days of high- level talks between the two nations. analysts say leaders will discuss everything from trade to foreign policy. recently the secretary of state praised china encouraging north korea to abandon their nuclear program. turning to sports, the orioles will come back to camden yards avoiding a sweep in boston. strong defense and pitching provided the sparks as the orioles took on the red sox at fenway park. a game you saw here on wjz 13. starting pitcher david hernandez allowed one run in seven innings of work. the orioles will go continue to win the game 6-2. the birds

host the kansas city royals beginning in evening. and wjz and the orioles are teaming up once gown feed the hungry and homeless and we would like your help. during this weekend's homestand with the boston red sox, bring along nonperishable food items at camden yards for the maryland food bank. members of the wjz family will collect your donations at the gate. all part of wjz's continuing community commitment. and always a good time -- always seems to -- more often than not to happen when the red sox are in town. >> yeah, yeah. don't mind taking red sox money is not at all. just listen to the cry, cash or canned goods. >> sounds good. >> down to the maryland food bank. >> we are talking about a gentleman who is probably all dressed for the weather. he has hats for everything. i am sure he has storm hat. looks like he has one on. >> actually i have got one like his right down here. >> uh-oh. >> here it is. >> yeah.

matching hats, ronald. >> reporter: don and tim. good morning by the way. wjz's annual food drive. >> yeah. >> reporter: with the orioles. >> yes. >> reporter: down at camden yards. i will be there friday night. >> as will i. >> reporter: with don. >> all right. >> reporter: and a whole bunch of other folks from wjz. and -- and let me say this, i can tell from you previous experience, the boston red sox fans are the most generous people on the planet. >> that is very true. very true. by the way i like the hanes on you. [ laughter ] >> reporter: thank you very much. i will show them to you later. all right. >> it's on your hat. >> reporter: the manic monday is here. it is manic monday in fells point. and we are thrilled this morning. they are ready to rock the house. the jjha negotiation, s company! [ cheering ] >> reporter: it is manic monday when the eyewitness news

6:14. meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass in the first warning weather center. >> well, don, we are looking at a pretty moist, pretty humid morning. typically when we talk about

the very humid feel of summer, we talk about dew points in the 60s, the mid 60s. a dew point around 69. just around 70 a minute or so ago. this update has take ton down a notch. relative humidity at 90%. winds coming in from the southeast at 6 miles per hour. 29.91 and rise something your barometer reading. around the metro area, temperatures -- 64 in cumberland. 60 in oakland. 75 in ocean city. around the metro areas as i was mentioning, 72 in columbia. 73 in annapolis. 72 on kent island and 68 in bel air. the winds have shifted a little bit, but we have a bit of a southerly component will begin to funnel in that warm, humid air throughout the afternoon. because of that and a front that pushed through that really started to trigger some storms yesterday that have now just settled just to the east of the area, we are going to see the potential for some thunderstorms. the dynamic between those two air masses, the cooler air with the front. the warm, humid air coming in from the south and southeast or

southwest as it will be likely later in the day. we are going to see that dynamic kind of cook a little bit, sort of stir in the afternoon during the heat of the day. we will keep that chance throughout week. the front moves on out of here and get a bit of a transition tomorrow slightly less risk of thunderstorms in the afternoon and another front will bring us the chances right on throughout end of the week. we keep the same forecast in place until about friday. sunset at 8:23. south wind on the bay 10 to 15 knots with a small-craft advisory in effect. the next high tide at fort mchenry 11:19. looking at temperatures getting up to 88 degrees. partly sunny and warm and humid with a thunderstorm potentially in the afternoon. 70 degrees tonight. then partly cloudy and humid in the overnight hours. tomorrow, clouds and sun, hot and humid, 90 degrees. thunderstorms in the afternoon. don. >> thank you. what awaits you on the way to work? sharon with wjz traffic control. >> hi, don. well, another serious accident just coming into us.

this latest one in the city. it is going to be on lakewood, north lakewood at fayette. we will try to get you more information about that one. meantime police and fire crews remain on the scene of that accident in notingham blocking all eastbound lanes of white marsh at honeygo. honeygo is also blocked between white marsh as in the beltway. watch for traffic lights out now at shawan at york road. a downed trees nicodemus at barryman. closed between old frederick and frederick. traffic lights out on reistertown road at south colgate and sykesville at route 26 at oakland mills and stevenson. downed wires there. park heights avenue closed between green spring valley and walnut road. a live look at 95 at white marsh. busier but not quite congested. top side free at harford road. west side looking good at i-70. this traffic report brought to you by toyota and your local toyota deal we are you can choose from 16 different fuel- efficient models. toyota, moving forward.

and it is time for manic monday. ♪ just another manic monday ♪ oh, whoa ♪ ♪ wish it were sunday ♪ ♪ >> believe it or not, there is the ronster. ron, we haven't seen each other since the piece you put together for my 35th anniversary. >> reporter: oh, that's right, yeah. >> thank you very much. it was most entertainment. >> reporter: my pleasure and you are certainly well deserving of the honer. >> you came in special that morning and didn't work the rest of the day. talking about my 35th anniversary. i see the banner behind you saying 135th. >> reporter: that's right, don. you are just a century away. [ laughter ] don and tim, good morning, manic monday in fells point. we are thrilled to have this group with us. they are wired. they are ready to go. the j.j. ha negotiation s company! [ applause ] >> reporter: they are based in it . glen burnie and bruce

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♪ whoa ♪ i don't have to run day ♪ ♪ just another manic monday ♪ >> [ cheering ] >> here is to the naval academy? >> reporter: give yourselves big hand. [ applause ] we want to invite you back for the manic monday mammoth meltdown coming up in november. lady, come here. we want to thank you for coming down. hold that number one up. there we go. cheering. we are number one. thank you all so much. jj haynes company glen burnie! great job! don and tim have a great monday. see ya! >> great to see a ceo taking part right in the middle. who else brings a tractor- trailer to a live shot, you know. >> leonard paper does. by the way thank you for the hats. tim has got one too. i notice we have some visiting

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. well, after a daytime high of 88 degrees and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon, the next five days look like this. going up to 90 degrees for tuesday and wednesday. again a chance of thunderstorms each afternoon. 88 and 86 and 86 on thursday and friday. can't rule out a chance of thunderstorms on saturday, but the chances are a little less. 70 degrees your overnight low for the next five days, don. >> thank you. everybody has the capacity to save a life and more and more people are getting that message. here is jessica kartalija with a preview what is coming up tonight on eyewitness news? >> reporter: good morning, i am jessica kartalija here at john hopkins hospital where doctors and nurses save lives every day, but one angel proves you don't have to have a fancy title to save a life. robert iams, a painter at john hopkins hospital, never expected his lifeline would come from the vice president of human resources. pamela polk. but it did. pamela took a genuine interest in robert's health when he returned from medical leave. >> i was -- i said how great to have you back.

how are you feeling. what can i do for you. he said not unless you have a kidney. i said i have one. >> there is more. pamela's gift actually helped save eight lives. see this heart-warming story tonight on eyewitness news. >> you can watch the special health watch report on eyewitness news at 11:00. yet to come on our morning edition ... >> reporter: they call this epicenter of the storm. i am mary bubala live in reistertown this morning with more on the damage and destruction and the cleanup. a fire-fighting tradition continues here in baltimore despite a year of economic constraints. i am tim williams. more on that story coming up. i am sharon gibala here with wjz traffic control. we are looking at several serious problems for your area -- for your morning commute. we will tell you all about them straight ahead. coming up on coffee with, look who is in town, hillary hon. >> hello. >> hello, fresh off performances with the bso and other great organizations

around the world. just hang out in baltimore part of the summer. >> yeah, yeah. >> you know what, you can't outgrow the hon. isn't it the truth. >> that's true. very true. >> hillary hon coming up on coffee with as the morning

hello, again. it is 5:30. and it is already a warm and humid day start. you look at the sky conditions rit now, but you are not going to talk about the weather today without talking about the weather last night and its effect on traffic this morning. sharon will have the latest on that after meteorologist tim williams and marty bass over with first warning weather. >> a lot of people are talking about the storms and others are saying what storms are you talking about. we had storms roll through here affecting much of carroll, baltimore county and the eastern shore. we have lingering storms now that we watched move across at area. the dew points are very high. the moisture in the atmosphere is very high and very humid and the temperatures going to contribute to that dynamic later in the day as we get up close to 90 degrees. right now just around cambridge, near salisbury and

the last area cease the showers and they could fire up later in the day. temperatures around 70 degrees and daytime high around 88 with overnight lows back around 70, the complete first warning weather forecast with thunderstorms in the forecast this afternoon coming up in just a few moments, don. >> thank you. expect so ebranches down on your way to work. sharon with wjz traffic control. >> thanks, don. two other problems, two serious accidents. the latest one in the city possibly involving a police vehicle in north lakewood at east fayette. closed between milton and lakewood. watch for an 8-block closure there. a wreck in notingham blocking all eastbound lanes of white marsh boulevard. that is going to be between honeygo boulevard and white marsh boulevard. and then honey go is blocked between white marsh boulevard and campbell boulevard. a traffic light out in fallston. shawan at falls. lights out in west pa tone i can't. west padonia -- padonia.

lights out in south colgate. one more spot where lights are out route 26 at oakland mills. downed trees in reistersdown. nicodemus at barryman's lean. some other problems to talk about, debris and traffic lights out. use caution. a look at 95 at white marsh. this traffic report brought to you by toyota, choose from 16 different fuel-efficient models. back over to you. with the sun up a closer look at the damage done by the weather system that made its way across the state. a viewer in waldorf e-mailed us this digital photo. it appears to be a funnel cloud but the national weather service has not said if any tornadoes touched down in southern maryland or anywhere else. eyewitness news and mary bubala live in reisterstown where there is a lot of damage. good morning, mary. >> reporter: good morning, don and everybody. tim is talking about storms rolling through here. let's hope they do not hit this neighborhood again. it will be insult to injury. look at some of the damage on a small cul-de-sac off of church

road. a lot of damage here. a tree down on a car that smashed out the back window and various trees snapped in half on lawns. you can see how that tree -- really one of those branches snapped off and the tree below it snapped. one of those twisted trees. it came crashing down at some point during the storm. >> it is just crazy. how did all this destruction come from one little storm. >> reporter: that is the question on the minds of residents all across the state. a powerful storm system blew into the area dumping blinding amounts of rain in some areas and causing unbelievable damage in others. >> the weather with so many snaps, downed trees >> we all ran into the basement and stayed there for a about a minute to two and realized that it passed by. >> reporter: the storm packed more than rain and high winds. in some areas hail was reported. across carroll and baltimore county, decades-old trees were brought down in minutes in some

cases bring down power lines leaving more to question if it was rain that just touched down. >> in the darkness i saw from the corner of my eye, ar dark swirling mass, like a funnel cloud and she said maybe we should get away from the door. >> reporter: with even all this damage around, this area, no injuries reported. there are lots of power lines that are down. bge obviously has power off in this area or it was knocked out. crews will head this way throughout the day but it will take some time before power is restored in this area off church road. back to you. >> thank you, mary. i have the numbers on the power outages. 15,000 bge customers across maryland are without electricity at this hour, the greater number of out ages in bath county where mary is where over 10,000 homes are without it. at the height of the storm 40,000 customers lost electricity. remember wjz is always on. for updated weather conditions, your own live look at doppler weather radar and a list of power outages in your area. simply go to wjz.com.

an overnight accident in the city claims the clive of a cabdriver on northern parkway. cabbie was attempting to make a u-turn when it was hit by another vehicle. the impact killed the cab's driver and sent several occupants of the second car to the hospital. police are investigating who is to blame. city police are searching for the gunman who open fired wounding a dozen people in east baltimore overnight, the group was attending a cookout along the 2600 block of ashland avenue. a 2-year-old girl and a pregnant woman were among those caught in the crossfire. none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening at this hour. police are not saying a suspect or a motive at this hour. another attack on a popular bike trail have police in anne arundel county on alert. as jessica kartalija reports, they have a small message for anyone who uses the b & a trail. >> reporter: a popular place for hiking and biking turns into a crime scene again friday night when to people walking the b & a trail are attacked.

>> they said they were approached from behind by that subject. he demanded money and valuables, they refused to give him anything. >> the suspect struck the male victim in the face and headed off on foot heading south on the trail to whites road in severna park. >> a black male in his teens, 5'6", 5'7" wearing a black shirt and black hat turned backwards. >> reporter: this latest attack comes months after another robbery on the same trail, this time near glen burnie. >> the next thing i know, i look out my window, and the fire department is here, the police are here, and somebody laying on this bench right here. and they took him away in the ambulance. >> reporter: the 20-year-old victim was beaten unconscious and taken to shock trauma for a head injury. police have stepped up patrols in both areas. anne arundel police tell eyewitness news you don't just need to be concerned on the b & a trail, but really any wooded area like this. >> well lighted areas are always the choice and just to

remind people that the trail is a park and the county parks close at sundown. >> reporter: jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> we remind you, joggers and bikers are not to use the trail alone or after dark. a local judge will not stop the archdiocese of baltimore from closing a high school in baltimore county. parents of students at towson catholic were seeking an injunction to keep the school open. the archdiocese is now asking the circuit court to dismiss their entire lawsuit all together. of weeks ago parents were told towson catholic would not reopen due to rising debt and falling enrollment. residents travel to baltimore city for the firefighters convention. tim reports that cutbacks in cities make it difficult for attendees to continue an old tradition. ♪ [ music ] [ bagpipes ] >> reporter: from around the

country, nearly 17,000 firefighters converged on the baltimore city convention center, the week-long event, to revisit tradition and technology. >> things are coming out to help our firefighters stay more safe. >> reporter: just like in maryland, staying safe despite budget shortfalls. >> cutbacks all over. >> reporter: a challenge for fire companies all around the nation. edward pierce is from new york city. >> we have two used ambulances because we can't afford to buy new. we are in the process of selling our headquarters to move to a different place, move to have a cheaper area to raise some funds to buy new ambulances. [ chanting ] >> reporter: in baltimore, city budget cuts could mean the closure of engine 36 among others. the company has been on edmondson avenue for five decades. >> the fire department. >> reporter: and station 31 in the waverly community needs $2.5 million of renovations. >> we haven't put enough money into them in the past to keep

them modernized. >> reporter: $2 million has to come from federal stimulus money. donations are down. >> if people knew what these officers needed, they would give. >> reporter: 30 years of hosting this expos, they have never battled economic times this tough. and firefighters had to search their individual station budgets just to get here to this event. >> we really didn't see a drop in our attendance. we are very, very pleased. >> reporter: until the economy turns around. >> we will keep doing what we are doing. we have been through worse. we will get through this. >> reporter: firefighters don't plan to miss a beat. from downtown baltimore, tim williams, wjz eyewitness news. >> by the way this year baltimore city's fire department is celebrating its 150th anniversary. turning to sports, two more baseball greats are in the hall of fame. stolen base king rickey henderson is among the newest inductees. during his career, henderson stole 1400 bases. also inducted into cooperstown, former boston slugger jim rice, the only noon lead the majors in triples, homers, and rbis in

the same season. and you know summer is almost gone when they have the speeches at cooperstown, new york. >> yeah, yeah. and a lot of boys of summer will be back home soon. >> by the way they won in boston. avoid the sweep. coming home on a high note. >> very nice. hopefully greet them with -- boys of summer, supposed to play for a win here. >> but give up thunderstorms when i am here. trying to work into the conversation. a thunderstorm like last night would have slowed the game down, except i don't think it rained that hard oriole park at camden yard. >> downtown -- areas -- kind of all around the city itself but not right in the city. so, again, 90 degrees today. chance of thunderstorms. a coastal flood statement for parts of the eastern shore. a lot of rain this morning. and just know that if you were going -- if you are down around ocean city, and a lot of folks are, there could be some flooding just along, you know,

the water's edge. >> yesterday could have been the first or second day of a week's long vacation at the beach with all that rain. another most valuable player in another field has come back to town. and every time she comes back, she visits us here at wjz. we are talking about hillary hon. this morning's coffee with guest. and we will meet her again in a moment. we will update your traffic and have a lot mover for you right

we are taking a look out at a pretty bright sky this morning. we thank you all for the pictures of the hail and the wind damage. a few things to clarify. we throw terms around. we see funnel clouds and talk about potential tornadoes. a funnel cloud is not a tornado until it physically touches the ground. the national weather service will be out assessing damage to determine whether or not there were actually tornadoes touching the ground, and the difference in the tornado damage and straight-line winds. keep saying "straight-line winds." tornado damage throws debris all over the place. violently whipping winds. the straight-line winds. everything seems to be directed in one area because straight

line, the direction of the straight line and winds coming down from the clouds. that is what we will look at throughout the day as we progress, and right now the winds are pretty calm but that could change as we move into the afternoon. 72 degrees our temperature. 69 the dew point. relative humidity is pretty high. 90%. the winds from the southeast and 29.91 and rise something the barometer reading with temperatures across the state ranging from about 6 in oakland to 64 in cumberland to 75 in ocean city. around the metro area, 72 in columbia. 72 on kent island, and 68 in bel air. now the winds are coming in from all over the direction, you know, pretty much across the state, but the southeasterly and southwesterly flows what we will be dealing with later in the day and that southerly component is going to help us get up the temperatures very close to 90 degrees and the humidity levels, the dew points are going to stay high and that will be the groundwork for these storms firing up in the afternoon during the heat of the day. we are going to see a front that moves through yesterday, just kind of stall east of the metro area, east of the city,

and because that front is so close, bringing just enough of a ripple in the atmosphere to start to stir the air. well, those storms could start to really heat up as we get into about 4:00, 5:00, and through the evening until we lose the heat of the day. we will keep the chance of thunderstorms throughout the afternoon. today and right on through the week starting to taper off that chance by about saturday or so. so your sunset at 8:23. a small-craft advisory in effect with a south wind on the bay at 10 to 15 knots. 88 degrees today. partly sunny and humid with an afternoon thunderstorm possible. 70 degrees tonight with the same dynamics in place. tomorrow we are looking at 90 degrees. clouds and sun and an afternoon thunderstorm is possible. your five-day forecast is coming up. don. >> thank you. last night's weather is complicating this morning's commute. here is sharon gibala with wjz traffic control. >> plenty other problems complicating it as well, two serious accidents. one of them possibly involving a police car or a police vehicle i should say. that is going to be on north

lakewood at east fayette, eight block of fayette blocked between milton and lakewood. meantime, watch for an accident in notingham blocking eastbound lanes of white marsh boulevard between white marsh boulevard and between 95 and honeygo boulevard. honeygo boulevard blocked between white marsh and campbell boulevard. a traffic light out on shawan at falls. another light out on west pado negotiation a a east broad. owings mill, reisterstown at south colgate and route 26 oakland mills in woodbine. a tree down blocking all lanes of morgan station road between old frederick and frederick. and downed wires in stevenson park heights closed between green spring and walnut. just hearing of an accident on green spring avenue at green spring valley. a live look at 95 show no delays at white marsh. top side moving smoothly at harford. same goes for the beltway at pulaski. this traffic report brought to you by toyota where you can choose from one of america's best selections of cars, trucks

and suvs. toyota, click on buyittoyota.com. don and tim, over to you guys. >> hillary hun became of a world's famous violinist. she is older now and even driving and every time she comes to town, she comes back home, and pays us a visit. >> hillary hon. welcome back to the eyewitness news morning edition. [ cheering ] >> thanks for coming while i am here. >> i want to shake your hand. >> why? >> well, wait a minute. let's go to the web site. virtuoso. one of the best on the planet. hillary hon. holding violin. played with hands. >> but my hands are probably stronger than yours. >> how about people -- >> you should be afraid to shake my hand because i actually might damage yours. [ laughter ] >> what about the people who have those death grip lors make a big deal of squeezing -- >> they make a big deal, squeeze right back and that seems to solve it.

>> i do this with that hand all the time so a pretty good clamping mechanism. >> your hands are probably -- as developed as any athlete on the planet. >> i am sure. >> you don't have a lot of fear when you meet people. >> no. >> i have been back stage at -- with rock stars and guitar players don't want to shake hands. >> depends on the person, but for me every now and then you get a bone-crushing handshake, but the most part people are pretty respectful, and i mean i guess because my hands are strong, it doesn't really effect me, kind of like arm wrestling a wrestler. you know. >> okay. i understand exactly what you are saying. and -- by the way, there -- we just asked hillary to come on in. come on in and chat a little bit. no specific reason. you were here earlier in the season performed at the bso and strathmore. great clouds crowds. huge event for the bso. >> it was a week that.

>> can i have one more -- >> i am going to a hand question. >> okay. >> i have got another one too. >> do you have a coin. >> you go first. >> do you work with a hand specialist because you are so active with your hands. are you thinking down the road with your hands? >> that is an excellent question. i have been to see physical theorists out of curiosity. just to see if there is anything i am doing for my playing not just for my hands but back of the neck. just sure i am noting could things to create problems later on. sometimes you get into habits and you don't know you are not lining up right. so i am very conscious of how i align when i play. a lot of musicianses have neck and back problems and shoulder issues, but for hands, whenever something starts to ache, just because i am practicing a lot or a muscle is tired, i just take a break, and i ice it or whatever. but i am pretty aware of how my body is reacting. so if i just pay attention to that, then it is good. >> stalk about starlets whose

leg are insured. do you have extra insurance on your hands. >> at the moment i don't, but i think that is something i will be getting at some point. >> cool. >> i have a lot of other interests, i know if i didn't do music for some reason, i would always have something else i would get into. but i guess it is a good idea to be insured anyway. >> what are those interests? >> hauer left-hand side -- >> nice to make sure my hands are insured. >> what were the other interests. i don't think we have ever discussed that. >> my other interest is writing. i love to write. i write for my journal on hillaryhon.com. >> a great web site, by the way. if you ever wanted to follow -- well, a virtuoso, if you will. i know -- >> just any touring musicians. >> any touring musicians. this is a great one because, you know, you are constantly updating it. it is not like you are looking at an entry from six months ago. listen, by the way, we need to talk about your hair for second. >> okay. [ laughter ] >> hillary -- hillary walks in and your hair was kind of doing that thing under a put it in a

bun. i said you are doing that classical image thing. >> no classical image for me. the last time i was here it was down. you can't tease me with that. >> but you came in and -- it looked -- you outstevie nicks stevie nicks, and now here doing the pose. >> what can i say. i didn't have time to shower this morning. >> there you go. >> that is real good to know. >> the thing is with hair like this, long curly hair, some day it is cooperates and some day it is doesn't. and the baltimore summer, it is nutty. so it is hard. i have to go with the day and some days i have it down. my last concert i had it down, and some days i have it up. and it just depends. you know people think there is a whole image campaign around artists, and particularly for me. it is important that my image not be any separate from me. so i don't ever think about what i do affecting my image or being different from what is portrayed. and it is a wonderful liberty to the just be yourself

everywhere you go. >> the handlers don't try to change you at all? >> no, it has always been important for me to be consistent with myself. if people have a hard time portraying that, that is their job to fix that problem. >> cool, i like the attitude. >> listen, what we got to do -- because we pretty much have run out of time and we don't want anybody to have to edit this. we are going to move along but what we are going to do is do a web extra. >> okay. >> part of the deal -- not part of the deal. would you like to come in and tape a coffee with and do a web extra. >> happy too. >> we will do this on wjz.com. don question about hands and whatnot. great behind the scenes. nothing like having the classical artist here and having this music to go into the break. >> and i am a baltimore girl too. proud of it. >> we are taking a break and coming right back with traffic and first warning weather and join us online at wjz.com.

. three and a half until 7:00. an update from sharon. >> we can now confirm that a paddy wagon is involved in that accident. watch for lane closures there. traffic report brought to you by geico. 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on your car insurance. log on to geico.com. don. >> thank you. stay with wjz 13. complete news, weather and

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